Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
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- Resolved at 3:16 PM EDT
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Initial Observed
Lightning within 10 nm of Miami: 5 flashes in 15 minutes
Tailodds counted 5 lightning flashes within 10 nautical miles of Miami (MIA) in the 15 minutes to 12:46 PM EDT, 2 of them within 5 nm, the nearest 3.0 nm away, in NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data. The latest official observation, at 11:53 AM EDT, reports ceiling 25000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 5 kt.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 171553Z VRB05KT 10SM SCT026 BKN250 31/24 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP150 T03110244 $ Station KMIA at Sat Oct 17, 11:53 AM EDT Lightning 5 flashes within 10 nm, 2 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 12:46 PM, nearest 3.0 nm Basis Satellite lightning (GOES GLM) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-17 16:46 UTC) Sources NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Resolution Confirmed
Official observation no longer reports thunderstorm or nearby lightning at Miami
What changed: lightning within 10 nm → no longer reported
No official weather observation (METAR) for Miami (MIA) in the last 50 minutes reports a thunderstorm; it was last reported at 1:53 PM EDT. The latest, at 2:53 PM EDT, reports ceiling 15000 ft, visibility 10 mi or more, wind 0 kt. NOAA’s GOES satellite lightning data shows no flash within 10 nm of Miami in the 30 minutes to 3:16 PM EDT.
Evidence for this update
Latest observation METAR KMIA 171853Z 00000KT 10SM SCT033 SCT090 BKN150 BKN250 27/24 A2992 RMK AO2 RAE18 TSE30 SLP132 TS DSIPTD CB DSNT SW-NW-N MOV NE P0000 T02720239 $ Station KMIA at Sat Oct 17, 2:53 PM EDT Lightning 0 flashes within 10 nm, 0 within 5 nm, in the 15 min to 3:16 PM, nearest 13.6 nm Basis Official observation (METAR) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-17 19:16 UTC) Sources Official weather observation (METAR), NOAA Aviation Weather Center ↗
NOAA GOES satellite lightning data, flashes counted by Tailodds (supporting)Provenance weather weather-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?